Nissan restores 4th gen Maxima!!
11-18-2014, 04:57 PM
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Nissan restores 4th gen Maxima!!
I'm completely geeked out, it's the same color as my 96 and I still have the insurance card in case I want to track it down and restore it, I loved my 4th gen, great cars. This was really cool of Nissan to do and just awesome.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-c...?src=soc_fcbks
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-c...?src=soc_fcbks
11-18-2014, 05:48 PM
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11-18-2014, 08:51 PM
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Wow, they are restoring cars that a ton of them are still on the road and aren't really real old considering how well Nissans where being made then...sorta cool (just wonder why they did not put the original 96 SE or GLE rims on it). I must say that leap into the VQ in 95 was light years ahead of the old VG and even the vs the VE, it felt so fast in the automatic vs the older automatics for then!
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11-18-2014, 09:09 PM
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. Since with each succeeding Gen that has not been the case unfortunately!
11-19-2014, 04:08 PM
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This video makes me really proud of my own '96 GLE
Mine isn't in as good a shape as the restored one, obviously, but it is in way better shape than the one they bought and restored. I am 100% confident in mine; if someone told me I had to drive it from Northern California to Denver this January, I would do so in complete confidence that I'd make it.
Really, "pride" is the word I'm looking for here. I kind of wonder if these things aren't now approaching minor-collectible status. Sure, it's not a 1996 911, but it is something more than a 1996 Dodge.
Really, "pride" is the word I'm looking for here. I kind of wonder if these things aren't now approaching minor-collectible status. Sure, it's not a 1996 911, but it is something more than a 1996 Dodge.
11-20-2014, 02:45 PM
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11-21-2014, 04:29 AM
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Now that is cool. Now they just need to remake our cars for 2016. These cars are bulletproof. The motor they used is one of the best motors ever. These cars get better fuel mileage then alot of other cars today and this generation is 14 to 19 years old.
11-21-2014, 05:51 AM
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^^ It's all cool and all but I'm not a fan of the whole thing anymore as much as I was when it first was happening..
They bought the car and rewarded that guy only because he was a film student or something, and made a cool commercial. It's all marketing and advertising for Nissan thru this, it's not really just a cool thing for them to do...
Otherwise, his car was a POS that was never taken care of, nothing to be proud about. Plenty of 4th gens on the road still, that look as good as that restored one.
I would be WAY happier, had they taken a true enthusiast car...3rd gen would probably be best and most iconic, and really restored that thing...But it would be a car that needed to be restored despite having been taken care of perfectly...Not some film making douche with a POS car that he couldn't care less for...
My .02 gentlemens, sorry if this came off negative (really not trying to be)
They bought the car and rewarded that guy only because he was a film student or something, and made a cool commercial. It's all marketing and advertising for Nissan thru this, it's not really just a cool thing for them to do...
Otherwise, his car was a POS that was never taken care of, nothing to be proud about. Plenty of 4th gens on the road still, that look as good as that restored one.
I would be WAY happier, had they taken a true enthusiast car...3rd gen would probably be best and most iconic, and really restored that thing...But it would be a car that needed to be restored despite having been taken care of perfectly...Not some film making douche with a POS car that he couldn't care less for...
My .02 gentlemens, sorry if this came off negative (really not trying to be)
11-21-2014, 10:46 AM
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I think it is a very wise Public Relations move here. Sure, there are more viable candidates for a restoration, but Nissan seized the day on this one. They did not plan on the car in this Craigslist ad, but simply capitalized on it.
It is difficult to put a value on such marketing strategy, but I think it was money well spent.
It is difficult to put a value on such marketing strategy, but I think it was money well spent.
11-22-2014, 06:39 AM
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I think it is a very wise Public Relations move here. Sure, there are more viable candidates for a restoration, but Nissan seized the day on this one. They did not plan on the car in this Craigslist ad, but simply capitalized on it.
It is difficult to put a value on such marketing strategy, but I think it was money well spent.
It is difficult to put a value on such marketing strategy, but I think it was money well spent.
I would have to agree, well said.That's what I was saying, I wish the car itself was a different car not just them seizing the opportunity just cuz some dude who's into film made a cool commercial making fun of all the things wrong with his POS Maxima...
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